Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
The last check for $766.50 to my oral surgeon left my hands this week. For a 41 lowly cents, the US Postal Service will take it to their offices in Gainesville, VA and I will call them next week to find out if they have posted the payment.
I made a photocopy of the check and [...]
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The burn is healing well. I thought it might be a third degree one because there was a dark ring around it, i.e. scabbing to prevent the rest of my skin being damaged. However, the dark ring has sloughed off and my burn is doing fine. I made all my friends look at it this [...]
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Disclaimer/Justification/Defensive Posture: I am a whiner when it comes to pain. If you are injured, GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. No telling folks “it’s just a flesh wound.” Heroics are not needed. No one’s going to pin a medal on you for being a dum-dum about seeing a doctor. Mmmm…kay?
I certainly don’t recommend that [...]
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Did you know that you can use your Medical FSA funds to buy first aid supplies for your emergency kit?
I know all about this since I got a rather bad burn on Thanksgiving while cooking turkey. Don’t ask. Just know that I have a 2nd degree burn on my arm and I didn’t have to [...]
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I would like to thank all the readers who commented on Megan’s quandry.
Yes, she really does need $15K worth of work. Her dental work is very similar to mine and the price itself is not very negotiable, but many of you advocated a second opinion and finding a dentist to do the work paying as [...]
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One of my readers (Megan, not her real name, but one she chose) is having major work done on her teeth. She is asking your advice.
It’s going to cost an estimated $15K total because she, like me, is having dental implants done. Now her dentist seemed like a swell guy, until it was time to [...]
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Greetings!
It’s that time of year again. Open Enrollment. I dread it because it means lots of changes to insurance. Make sure you gear up and make some time in your schedule to attend an Open Enrollment session by your HR department. It could save you a lot of money.
This year, I got a lovely canned [...]
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Wednesday was a great day. I sent out a large check to my dentist. My car is clean and pretty with a new set of engine mounts. It’s in tip top shape for this weekend’s road trip. However, I certainly wasn’t expecting to replace an engine mount today since I JUST REPLACED TWO OF THEM.
Turns [...]
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It’s down. But you knew that. I decided to put my dental bill on there as a liability since it’s going to take me several months to pay it off. I sent them $500.00 last week. It’s actually a small ding to the net worth that is offset by my 401k contribution and a recovering [...]
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So I’ve been thinking about reducing my 401k contribution so I could pay my bills off faster.
Then there was this rigamarole about cutting back to 5% just to continue receiving the company match, because that sounded like I was giving up free money. And then I remembered that my company does a 401k true-up. So [...]
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